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Post by veganontuesdays on Jun 5, 2017 9:39:04 GMT -6
Have you guys started thinking about this? Are you going to announce on Facebook/SM? Any cute ideas floating around??
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Post by veganontuesdays on Jun 5, 2017 9:40:19 GMT -6
We are going to announce next week after my 12 week apt. I am trying to find something cute to incorporate E. He's a crazy toddler though so I have zero idea how we'd get him to sit still. haha. I really like this one...
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Post by belle0720 on Jun 5, 2017 10:03:06 GMT -6
I've been trying to figure out a cute way to announce our twins but I haven't liked anything I've seen on Pinterest. I was thinking about getting my daughter a double doll stroller and having her stand in front of word balloons (babies, twins, oh baby baby) or sign next to her. Or I was thinking of waiting until we find out the sex so I could incorporate that somehow. I thought this was pretty funny but I would really like to incorporate my daughter in the announcement. This was our announcement on our Christmas Card for our daughter 2.5 years ago. I hadn't seen any announcements like it at the time so I thought it was unique but now I've seen it done a bunch!
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Post by LeekPartyof2 on Jun 5, 2017 10:07:28 GMT -6
Bad FTM here--I haven't thought at all about if or how we'll do an announcement. We've told our families, and I figure it'll just sorta come up with friends as it comes up. But maybe we'll get creative and work on something. I'll be following for inspiration.
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Post by veganontuesdays on Jun 5, 2017 10:07:48 GMT -6
Super cute belle0720! For E we had our dog standing with baby shoes and it said Baby ____ Guard Dog. Duty begins May 2015. I'd like to do something funny but I am blanking.
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Post by belle0720 on Jun 5, 2017 10:28:50 GMT -6
Honest opinions please, would it be too AWish to announce at 12 weeks with something like this without saying it's twins: And then a few weeks later when we know the sex of both babies do something like this?
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Post by sarahandben108 on Jun 5, 2017 10:49:04 GMT -6
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Post by sizzleb on Jun 5, 2017 11:38:02 GMT -6
My H has a strict no kids policy on FB, so no big online announcement for us. But we sent this pic to our families when we told them:
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Post by ldubhawksfan on Jun 5, 2017 11:44:33 GMT -6
We are going to announce next week after my 12 week apt. I am trying to find something cute to incorporate E. He's a crazy toddler though so I have zero idea how we'd get him to sit still. haha. I really like this one... I love this!!
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Post by ldubhawksfan on Jun 5, 2017 11:45:28 GMT -6
I've been trying to figure out a cute way to announce our twins but I haven't liked anything I've seen on Pinterest. I was thinking about getting my daughter a double doll stroller and having her stand in front of word balloons (babies, twins, oh baby baby) or sign next to her. Or I was thinking of waiting until we find out the sex so I could incorporate that somehow. I thought this was pretty funny but I would really like to incorporate my daughter in the announcement. This was our announcement on our Christmas Card for our daughter 2.5 years ago. I hadn't seen any announcements like it at the time so I thought it was unique but now I've seen it done a bunch! I'm very meh about the Beyoncé one, but love the idea of DD with the double stroller! Very cute and creative.
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Post by ldubhawksfan on Jun 5, 2017 11:52:55 GMT -6
I've thought about it and I'm not sure. Let me know if this sounds too AWish.
For DD we announced around 16 weeks with a beach pic of tiny rainbow sandals saying we were expecting our rainbow baby.
I'm thinking of going and buying DD some rainbows and doing another pic with the baby sandals since this will be our second rainbow baby. I'm torn with the timing though. I've always been open about our losses around Oct and when appropriate in conversations, and since our angel was due in July, which is around when I would announce this one, I have thought about starting the announcement saying this year started with us expecting to make DD a big sister this month, but we lost another angel to heaven. We are blessed to announce our second rainbow baby will be joining us at the end of this year.
I'm torn because it adds sad news to our exciting news, and I worry that someone who doesn't really understand loss may think I'm being AWish about the loss. Or worst, that I'm replacing our angel with this baby. But I feel like our baby was important and a part of this journey and I want to honor him. With DD, we didn't conceive her for 10 months, so I had honored our first angel that October during loss month. What do you guys think? If you saw that, would you feel like it was in poor taste??
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Post by veganontuesdays on Jun 5, 2017 12:16:59 GMT -6
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Post by ldubhawksfan on Jun 5, 2017 12:22:58 GMT -6
This brought tears to my eyes!
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Post by veganontuesdays on Jun 5, 2017 12:29:33 GMT -6
ldubhawksfan, I 1000% think that you should honor your losses and that it's not AWish at all. They are part of your family and you are right they are part of the journey.
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Post by cakewench on Jun 5, 2017 12:30:37 GMT -6
This is how we announced last week... Edited to add: I should point out I bought H that shirt probably three years ago when we started trying. I wanted to give it to him when I found out I was pregnant, and with my early spotting I totally forgot about it until Mother's Day. Didn't even put it together we're due on Episode 8 day until I took it out of the bag. Weird/happy coincidence
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Post by jenn83 on Jun 5, 2017 13:14:15 GMT -6
ldubhawksfan, I agree with veganontuesdays that losses should be incorporated in the announcement! I shared mine on FB and here a couple of weeks back, but I had a blue balloon and shoes (his) for DS. While my photographer made another one that I did use after the initial announcement, I incorporate him still in everything important. I feel incorporating your losses are not AWish at all!!!
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Post by officedronette on Jun 5, 2017 13:27:11 GMT -6
ldubhawksfan - I agree that it's appropriate if you feel it's right for you. I plan to mention ours when I announce because it's been a part of this pregnancy journey, to be walking the path that was "supposed" to lead to our first baby but instead led to our first angel has been hard. I think the way you're doing it sounds perfectly appropriate. I also hate that Facebook can be a place where everyone always shows their "wins" and not their "losses" so to speak, so everyone is putting forth this overly smoothed version of their lives to the world (which can be really hard when you're struggling), and I appreciate when people break that veneer and show their whole lives. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Post by kim22 on Jun 5, 2017 14:12:15 GMT -6
If I can find time to drive down the boardwalk, there is a bench there that says "Always room 4 one more." I want to take a picture of my 3 kids, possibly in Santa hats since I'm due Christmas week. I'm not yet 11 weeks so I will wait a while longer but this announcement is going to be a huge surprise to most of the world.
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Post by babydsmama on Jun 5, 2017 17:18:45 GMT -6
This was how we announced DD next to my 12w US photo! For Baby D 2.0 one of my May 15 Mama friends made this shirt for DD: And she'll be reading this book in the picture: (Her name is Oli.via) I need to take the pictures soon just waiting for a day when she's cooperative! 😂 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Post by rooskie on Jun 5, 2017 17:45:51 GMT -6
As of now we are announcing on FB Friday, which is our anniversary. I bought a onesie that has bicycles printed on it so I might put something along the lines of "adding two more wheels to the family".
I've thought about doing the "our family is growing by two feet" and doing pictures of all our cats paws. But that would involve a trip to Target, and lets face it my week is not looking too great.
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Post by babydsmama on Jun 5, 2017 18:01:23 GMT -6
I love all these ideas! @ldudhawksfan I definitely agree, you should incorporate your losses. That will be so special and a great way to honor your angel. I don't think it's AWish at all!
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Post by kensie5226 on Jun 5, 2017 18:25:57 GMT -6
We set DD up with a big sister shirt while "reading" a baby brother book. We had a little sign that said We're expecting Baby Kensie #2 in Dec. with the ultrasound on it. It was cute.
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Post by kensie5226 on Jun 5, 2017 18:29:11 GMT -6
ldubhawksfan, we've been open about our IF and I've posted statuses about our science babies. But, I've always kept it separate so I can enjoy just the good every once in awhile. I get wanting to acknowledge it, we've just always kept that aspect for separate posts. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Post by jrun2013 on Jun 5, 2017 19:07:19 GMT -6
@idubhawksfan I say do what feels right. I like the idea of appreciating and recognizing your angel in your announcement. We all know there's no replacing our lost babies and if someone doesn't understand that, is okay. We know and that's all that matters.
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Post by jrun2013 on Jun 5, 2017 19:13:26 GMT -6
I've never done an official pregnancy announcement and I don't plan on doing one this time. I do think I would like to do a birth announcement this time around though. Like a shutterfly postcard.
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Post by typo31 on Jun 6, 2017 6:35:31 GMT -6
My husband and I don't do social media and therefore won't be announcing, but I find myself thinking a LOT about our holiday card this year. I usually send New Years cards to avoid the Christmas stress, and I'm really looking forward to including a family pic with the new babe <3
I absolutely love seeing all your ideas! Keep them coming!
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Post by jrun2013 on Jun 6, 2017 7:15:00 GMT -6
My husband and I don't do social media and therefore won't be announcing, but I find myself thinking a LOT about our holiday card this year. I usually send New Years cards to avoid the Christmas stress, and I'm really looking forward to including a family pic with the new babe <3 I absolutely love seeing all your ideas! Keep them coming! I love this idea!
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Post by Waffle on Jun 6, 2017 9:20:12 GMT -6
I have not dared giving it any thought yet but my H's cousin did a really cute pic of 3 pairs of shoes : his, hers and baby's.
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Post by tatorhead328 on Jun 7, 2017 10:44:05 GMT -6
belle0720, I didn't realize there was another twin pregnancy in D17! Hi!
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Post by tatorhead328 on Jun 7, 2017 10:46:58 GMT -6
We don't really do actual announcements - I just wrote a post on FB saying something like, "OMG THERE ARE TWO BABIES IN MY BODY RIGHT NOW WTAF" because I couldn't keep something that insane to myself. I told everyone at 8 weeks because I had to tell work since I'd be going to doctor's appointments every 2 weeks.
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